Adventures in lighting

[david3921]

I know a buddy of mine in Thailand said he melted the stock reflector on one of the first gen QingQi200 bikes when he swapped out the bulb. I believe he put a round DR200 reflector in with an HID kit to solve the problem.

Regarding the wiring, sounds like the best thing do do would be to ground the lights directly to the frame and run relay switched power from the battery. Stick some automotive harnesses in there and that should solve just about anything as long as the reflectors don't melt.

CC

Carl, the reflectors shouldn't be a concern on the dominators as they came with 65w/55w bulbs. When I elliminated the stock plug I used a standard automotive harness with the three prongs. The stock harness does come with the three prong plug but is connected to a smaller plug that was melting. Look at fig. 24A here and you can see the plug;

http://www.motoduragon.com/dragondoc/QM200GY.html

It's been awhile since my last electronics class so is there a way to tell how many watts can safely be run though the stock wiring?

(edit) Ok, I think I was being lazy. The formula to convert amps to watts is
A=w/v
A=90w/12v
A= 7.5

According to the American Wire Gauge table I need 20 ga (.8128mm) to run 11 amps. 22 ga would be too small for 7 amps. So I am off to check what size wiring I (we) have.